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You can access the website for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, which includes Riverside County, California, by clicking here.

If you click the Forms link, it will then let you click on Petition Forms to get forms necessary to file a Chapter 13.

One notable form I do not see on the court's list is the Chapter 13 Plan itself. There may be no form for this since many attorneys draft it individually for each case, but generally a Chapter 13 Plan has to be filed within 15 days after the bankruptcy petition is filed.

Often once the case is filed, if a form is missing the court will issue a notice of deficient filing and indicate what forms still need to be filed, and then the debtor has some time period to get the form filed or the case is dismissed.

If you are considering filing your own Chapter 13 without a lawyer, I would suggest that you reconsider since Chapter 13 is extremely complicated and errors you might make may cost you more than what you saved by not hiring an attorney. I'm not trying to discourage you though, but I want you to know this won't be simple like some other legal matters people decide to handle without an attorney.

Either way, good luck and I hope this helps!

Joe

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